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Christmas Floats

Fotoula Reynolds·December 23, 2020

Christmas Floats written by: Fotoula Reynolds Light, shade and perspective On the wings of white butterflies Sunday’s...

English Poetry Christmas

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What Does Christmas Mean?

Amrita Valan·December 22, 2020

What Does Christmas Mean? written by: Amrita Valan What does Christmas mean to me? Seasonal joy and...

English Poetry Christmas

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Fresh

Megha Sood·December 5, 2020

Fresh written by: Megha Sood @meghasood16 There is nothing new in this world or the place where...

Poetry Haunted Holidays English

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Questions

Shoma A Chatterji·November 25, 2020

Questions written by: Shoma A Chatterji @shomachatterji The characters in this story are nameless. This is by...

English Literature

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Dear School

Jul·November 22, 2020

Dear School written by: Jul I know, I know … you weren’t supposed to end until late...

English Article

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I Used to Love Halloween

Catherine Gigante-Brown·October 24, 2020

I Used to Love Halloween written by: Catherine Gigante-Brown @BklynCatwoman I used to love Halloween when I...

Poetry Halloween English

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Halloween

Thaddeus Hutyra·October 20, 2020

Halloween written by: Thaddeus Hutyra @teddy9999 Hi, ladies and gentlemen, I am a joker Halloween is coming...

Poetry Halloween English

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The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance

Steven L. Richie·October 17, 2020

The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance written by: Steven L. Richie A week before Dad’s car accident of...

English Literature

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Bittersweet

Hannah B Jackson·October 7, 2020

Bittersweet written by: Hannah B Jackson You were like a natural waterfall surrounded by the most beautiful...

Poetry English

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I Wish

Tylia Flores·October 2, 2020

I Wish written by: Tylia Flores @stompingoncp1 sitting in my wheelchair, Looking up at the night sky,...

Poetry English

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Flight of Thought

Vidya Venkataramanan·September 30, 2020

Flight of Thought written by: Vidya Venkataramanan At sunset I perch on a dead branch, I know...

Poetry English

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The Comet

Tony Ortiz·September 17, 2020

The Comet written by: Tony Ortiz I was once a Comet Racing through space in a blind...

Poetry English

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Giants

huntersjames·August 27, 2020

Giants written by: Huntersjames @huntersjames Every step we take An earthquake to those beneath We pray for...

Poetry English

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Money

Phlammes·August 10, 2020

Money written by: Phlammes The route to evil it seems, but the very tool for actualization it...

English Poetry

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Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

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